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Jim Inhofe

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James Mountain Inhofe is a former United States Senator from Oklahoma, serving from 1994 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Inhofe is known for his strong conservative views, particularly on issues related to national defense and environmental policy. He gained notoriety for his skepticism regarding climate change, famously calling it a hoax. Throughout his tenure, he held significant positions, including Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

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Feb 6, 2018

Andrew Wheeler, he worked for me for 14 years. You get to know a guy pretty well in 14 years. We passed more legislation together under his leadership, leading the Committee as well as my personal staff, than we have ever done before. He…

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Feb 6, 2018

the fact that we have all these regulations out there is really pretty outrageous.

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Feb 6, 2018

in my area of Oklahoma, in western Oklahoma, it is very arid, and those people out there, of all the regulations that were put in by the previous Administration, that was the No. 1 regulation.

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Jan 29, 2018

He views North Korea's ability to deliver a nuclear weapon on an ICBM as a matter of when, not if.

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Jan 29, 2018

He will step over the line. We should shwack him.

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Jan 29, 2018

I want to just remind you that we had a guy, I remember so well, Harry Alford, he was the President of the National Black Chamber of Commerce.

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Jan 29, 2018

The word 'imminent'... is a word that is used describing North Korea by every witness that we have had so far appearing before this committee.

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Jan 29, 2018

You have been vocal about the differences of the EPA being about stewardship versus prohibition.

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Jan 29, 2018

We have slain a large dragon. But we live now in a jungle filled with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes.

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Jan 29, 2018

In spite of the fact that, at the time, the previous examples they are using where, at that time, North Korea did not have the degree of success they have had most recently.

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Jan 29, 2018

Administrator Pruitt is a key leader of the President's de-regulatory agenda, including ending the war on coal.

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Jan 29, 2018

During that time, the other Iowa students and I lived on a collective farm for a number of weeks.

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